A TON of Pressure on Zac Taylor

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There is undoubtedly pressure on Taylor, but I am not too worried about him.

What I saw in year 1 was interesting concepts (on offense) that failed due to a lack of protection around the QB. Taylor's strength is obviously the offense and the defense was God-awful for most of the year. Despite being dealt the perfect storm of injuries on the line, the main weapon, and a struggling Dalton in the offense, Taylor was able to adapt and shift the scheme to fit his personnel.

Some people will say it was the last two games, when in reality it was after the blowout loss to Baltimore. The defense bid farewell to Preston Brown and the rookie Pratt started to come on.

They went on to give up points as follows down the stretch:

17 Raiders
16 steelers
6 Jets
27 Browns
34 Pats
38 Fins
23 Browns

Except for the 34 to the Pats (which was handed to them by the offensive turnovers) and the 38 points to the Fins in a shootout, the defense started to be at least competitive and I don't care what you say about the level of competition it is still the NFL and they did improve.

The offense was still just meager. And I think with Burrow, more RB passes, Green, and a re-tooled offensive line, the defense won't be asked to hold everyone under 20 points to even have a chance. The offense will be substantially better and I can't wait to see ZT's offense with this line and weapons...oh, and with Burrow.